Word: unpreparedness
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The adults represent the full range of standard reactions to the situation. Sheila's friend Margo is a modern woman , who considers one affair in 10 years "practically celibacy." Bob's friend Bernie, a lawyer and a big sports fan, warns him not to wreck his marriage because "if you...
Clting the Japanese precedent, Anderson called for "venture capital banks" to fund developing companies, "public enterprise corporations" to hire the chronically unemployed, and massive training programs to educate the 72 million Americans who, he said, are functionally illiterate and unprepared for the changing job market.
How innocent and unprepared the U.S. was. "Do we plan for a two-front war, or what?" Wedemeyer asked Gerow. "You decide," the general replied. "What are our aims and objectives?" Wedemeyer wanted to know. "You write them out," Gerow told him.
The Democrats' attack on the defense budget was even harsher. Senator Edward Kennedy badgered Weinberger to say whether America's armed forces could defend the U.S. When Weinberger replied that the country's current power to deter attack is not "sufficient," the Massachusetts Senator declared, "You are...
"I have my own Reading Period anxieties," confesses Thomas A. Dingman '67, assistant dean of the College and Leverett House senior tutor. "I always begin to dream about being unprepared for an exam. I wake up in a cold sweat. And I haven't been a student for a number...